Late 80s Rotorua Bands A bunch of bands formed in Rotorua during the late 80s but found that there was a very limited audience for local original music so a few of the musicians packed their bags and moved to Hamilton in order to broaden their horizons. Hamilton Bands

Boogadaga - Band info Boogadaga Rotorua - 1985 to 1988 Michael Olsen - guitar & vocals Jamie Pickernell - bass & vocals Paul Tregilgas - drums Wild Child Boogadaga Rotorua - 1986 to 1988 Wild Child Cassette - 1988 Einstein Buckethead Boghead M16 Gotham City Mushroom Faintline Reasonable Boogadaga Cemetary Petrolhead Fairy People DIC In Love Mk III Spaceship Calling The Tune Bottle Of Port Tired Eyes Calamari Bushmen - Band info Calamari Bushmen Rotorua - 1988 to 1992 Line Up 1 - 1988 Jeremy Taylor - guitar & vocals Thomas O'Leary - bass & vocals Anthony Anema - drums Sarah Knight - Cello Line Up 2 - 89-90 Jeremy Taylor - guitar & vocals Jamie Pickernell - guitar & vocals Thomas O'Leary - vocals Paul Tregilgas - bass Anthony Anema - drums Line Up 3 - 91-92 Michael Olsen - guitar & vocals Jeremy Taylor - bass & vocals Lisa Yerex - backing vocals Anthony Anema - drums Ghosts Of Things I've Killed Calamari Bushmen Rotorua - 1988 to 1992 Ghosts Of Things I've Killed CD - 1992 Bushsong Hey Old Man HAL Waterfall Saturation - Evolution Of The Calamari Bushmen Calamari Bushmen Rotorua - 1988 to 1992 Evolution Of The Calamari Bushmen Compilation of unreleased recordings preceeding 'Ghosts Of Things I've Killed' Hyperspace Slow Song Paperback Jonald SOB Fly Struck Hamish Judsons Rat Flat For Me We Are Bushmen Man In Black Slampipes Welcome To The Dance The Lid Giblet Imaginary Party the Earthlings - Band info the Earthlings Rotorua - 1991 to now Dave Bishop - guitar & vocals Andrew White - bass Lisa Yerex - backing vocals Paul Tregilgas - drums 1991 Barry Mackay - Drums 1992 Adrian Bergman - Drums 1993 Earl Robertson - Drums 1994 The Complete Earthlings the Earthlings Rotorua - 1991 to now The Complete Earthlings Cassette - 1993 There You Go LA Cars Paranoia Time Is Now Bitter Cup Blue Eyes Decisions There Is Time Kiss Tomorrow Never Knows